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The HC-02 is a two-seat helicopter developed and manufactured in Hungary. Its compact layout uses a Rotax 915 iS engine, with the project’s documentation also discussing an electric emergency-power system. VSKYLABS represents the HC-02 in an X-Plane 12 product. The developer describes an independent simulation built around native X-Plane features and provides separate operating and update documentation.
Aircraft background
VSKYLABS · Read more ↗The X-Plane 12 HC-02
The HC-02 product is offered for X-Plane 12. Its aircraft documentation describes the Rotax-powered helicopter and the project’s native simulator implementation.
HC-02 · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 12
VSKYLABS · Read more ↗Into the cockpit
YouTube Árpád Szabó · 5 min ·
Hungarocopter HC-02 2017.08.21
Flight footage of the Hungarocopter HC-02 at Verpelét.
Real aircraft · Hungarocopter HC-02
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Meet Hungarocopter HC-02
The HC-02 is a two-seat helicopter developed and manufactured in Hungary. Its compact layout uses a Rotax 915 iS engine, with the project’s documentation also discussing an electric emergency-power system.
VSKYLABS represents the HC-02 in an X-Plane 12 product. The developer describes an independent simulation built around native X-Plane features and provides separate operating and update documentation.
Hungarocopter HC-02
Aircraft type designators
A model-specific ICAO or FAA designator has not been confirmed in the references reviewed for this aircraft.
History & design
A two-seat Hungarian helicopter
Hungarocopter reports completing two HC-02 versions in 2021 after several years of design and production preparation. Its June 2021 account records permission for test flights in Hungary and Slovakia.
Hungarocopter · HC-02 development ↗Hungarocopter HC-02 development and June 2021 test permission
An emergency system is part of the design story
The manufacturer’s development description highlights an electrical rescue system, an anti-tip device and movable fuel tanks intended to compensate centre-of-gravity changes. These are manufacturer-described design features; the account distinguishes test permission from the wider certification objectives then being pursued.
Hungarocopter · HC-02 development ↗Hungarocopter HC-02 development and June 2021 test permission
Systems & details
Keep the two-seat aircraft separate from its prototypes
The manufacturer lists a Subaru-powered HC-01 and a D-Motor HC-02/1 alongside the Rotax-powered two-seater. The two-seat design has a two-blade carbon-composite rotor and a steel-tube frame. Fuel and empty-weight entries conflict within the published table, so those figures are omitted here.
In your simulator
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X-Plane 12HC-02
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HC-02
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Manuals & resources
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Simulator documentation
The X-Plane 12 HC-02HC-02 · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 12
The HC-02 product is offered for X-Plane 12. Its aircraft documentation describes the Rotax-powered helicopter and the project’s native simulator implementation.
Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14
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Developer documentation
VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS Hungarocopter HC-02VSKYLABS · Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14 VSKYLABS Hungarocopter HC-02: Ultralight Helicopter Sim for X-Plane.VSKYLABS · Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14Manufacturer documentation
HC-01 and HC-02 specificationsHungarocopter · Hungarocopter specification: HC-02 kétszemélyes (two-seat) ERS, not HC-02/1Aircraft history
HC-02 developmentHungarocopter · Hungarocopter HC-02 development and June 2021 test permissionBuilt-in force-feedback profiles
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Catalogue programme-20261022-v1 · 2 profile choices
VSKYLABS Hungarocopter HC-02
VSKYLABS · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
VSKYLABS Hungarocopter HC-02: The spring and damping approximate the mechanically controlled cyclic.
Hungarocopter HC-02
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
X-Plane 12
Hungarocopter HC-02: The spring and damping approximate the mechanically controlled cyclic.
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